Liberty Media’s takeo🎀ver of MotoGP is expected to be approved by the European Commission by the end of June as planned, according to Dorna Sports.

On 1 April last year, Dorna announced that Formula 1 owner Liberty Media had acquired MotoGP in a €4.2 billion deal.

Liberty was confident of gaining regulatory approval by the end of 2024, 168澳洲幸💞运5官方开奖结果历史:though its purch✨ase was delayed in December until at le꧂ast the end of June when the European Commission launched a probe i🧸nto the acquisition.

In recent weeks, a report from Reuters claimed Liberty’s purchase of MotoGP was due to receive unconditi🎶onal approval by the EU - though nothing official has been announced.

When t൲he EU probe was launched, a long-stop agreement was put in place by Liberty on the sale to 30 June 2025.

In an exclusive interview with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:mahbx.com, Dorna’s chief sporting officer Carꦦlos Ezpeleta w𝐆as confident that everything is on track for the Liberty takeover to happen on time.

“We continue to work with the European Commission and we’re hoping for the transaction to be closed as we said [earlier this year] before moth s🀅even of the calendar year,” he said.

“And for now the work with the Commission is positive. We’re excited to start working 🅠with Liberty🔴 as soon as possible.”

He added: “I’d rat♛her not comment - not my area🐭 of expertise - on the ongoing case with the EU.

“But I mean, it’s clear that they had to do, being such a high-profile case🦹, all the work that is associated to such a case.”

While that has been going on in the backgr💜ound, MotoGP💃 has pressed on with a number of new fan engagement initiatives - most notably the season launch event in Thailand.

On top of that, it has enjoyed record crowds at several events this season already, i❀ncluding an all-time high of 311,797 during the Frenꦉch Grand Prix weekend.

Commenting on MotoGP’s growth so far in 2025, Ezpeleta said: “We’re very 🌸happy with how the season has happened.

“We’re targeting a ♕lot more growth and we’re ambitious in that sense.

“With everything that you want to do in terms of growth comes an investment and we’r🍸e making that investment in a num⛄ber of areas of the championship, starting off with ourselves at Dorna.

“So, we’re really ha𝓀ppy. The season launch was great, we’ve🅺 had a record number of crowds after that. I think there’s more coming.

“With the new brand, we have a ꦅlot of things we are working on to bring Moto🐟GP to new audiences and transform that into people coming to our races. It’s a never ending cycle.”